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• Amsterdam’s population poised to beat 60-year-old record February 21, 2019
  The population of Amsterdam is set to hit 873,000 at some point this year, finally topping the old record of...
• Game over: The biggest Dutch toy shop group goes bust February 21, 2019
  Toy shop chain and Dutch market leader Intertoys has gone bust, three weeks after being given court protection from its...
• Committee to look at keeping Dutch art in NL, after royal Rubens sale February 21, 2019
  Former D66 leader Alexander Pechtold is to chair a four-strong committee set up to look at whether enough is being...
• 30 years after their re-introduction to NL, beavers are back in Twente February 21, 2019
  Beavers are making a comeback in Twente, in the east of the province of Overijssel, local paper Tubantia reports. Ecologists...
• Plans to bring life back to lake threaten other nature, experts say February 21, 2019
  Government plans to breathe new life into the Grevelingenmeer lake in Zeeland threaten to swamp islands and mudflats used by...
• Dutch primary school teacher up for world’s ‘best’ teacher award February 21, 2019
  A Dutch primary school teacher has made it to the finals of the Global Teacher Prize 2019 to find the...
• Dutch FA postpones key Ajax tie ahead of Real Madrid game February 21, 2019
  The Dutch football association KNVB has postponed next weekend’s Ajax-PEC Zwolle tie by 11 days, to give the Amsterdammers more...
• Police called out 90,000 times to deal with mental health problems February 21, 2019
  The police were called out 90,000 times last year to deal with people causing disruption due to mental health issues,...
• Measures needed to stop paedophiles going abroad, MPs say February 21, 2019
  A majority of MPs back the idea of confiscating the passports of convicted paedophiles so they cannot travel abroad, the...
• Blue skies and sunshine ahead this weekend, as early spring continues February 21, 2019
  There may be some drizzle over much of the Netherlands on Thursday but the sunshine is set to return for...